Landscape Tutorial-How to Draw a Dead Tree Pt 1 of 2

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Welcome to how to draw dead trees part 1. This video will show you a technique I saw and I thought it was very cool. I think you will be able to learn from it quite easily.
The process starts off with drawing cylinders and being able to shade them. Another shape to learn to draw is a cone like shape. Combining and altering these shapes help to form a tree shape. After that is done. The shading part comes in next. You need to make a big decision and decide where the light will be coming from. The spots where the light would hit would be the lighter areas on the tree or "highlight" and the are of the tree that the light isnt hitting would be the "shadow" area. This adds volume and 3d to the drawing. It also makes it more interesting.
After this, you could add more tree branches as you see fit. Put in a ground or foundation for the tree to sit by scribbling in some lines or actually spending time to put in some grass and some roots popping out of the ground.